National Harm Quotes
There was not a single liberal in America who claimed an objective to destroy the country. Politicians however, frequently claim that their opponent’s objective is to destroy the nation, while what is really true is that the politician believes that the policies of the opponent, if implemented will destroy the country. Since the Adams-Jefferson presidential contest every president has been accused of having the destruction of the country as an objective, and yet the nation is still here and thriving.
Chelsea Elizabeth Manning
The War of 1812 produced the first “peace movement” in the United States. The transgressions against our ships on the part of the French were much greater than those of the English who each accused us of trading with their enemy and ignoring their blockade. Nonetheless we want to war against England. Meanwhile, New England and some New York farmers and merchants were supplying not only English Canada with food and merchandise including supplying the British Army in Canada, which was not against the law then even in wartime. The “Western Frontier” in contrast were strongly in favor of the war, as they had expansionist designs on invading Canada and resented the British for supplying and allying with the Indian Tribes that were resisting the white expansion into their territories and frequently attacked and massacred farmers on the frontiers of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Virginia, Kentucky, Maryland, and the Carolinas. Morse wanted to hang opponents of the war.
